OTTAWA-With the closest Major League Baseball Stadium to Hammonds Plains, NS over 1,000 kilometres away in Boston, it is not often that folks from the town near Halifax get to see big-league players in person.
OTTAWA-An impressive fantasy baseball package from Milwaukee Brewers closer John Axford is being offered as part of Baseball Canada’s on-line auction. Axford is offering airfare for 2, a 3 night hotel stay at Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee,1 Restaurant Meal at Carnevor Steakhouse Moderne, tickets to see the 3-game Brewers/Blue Jays series, the opportunity to watch pre-game batting practice and an on-field meet & greet with John.
The Toronto Blue Jays will conduct 14 Blue Jays Honda Super Camps this summer across 10 provinces in July and August as they continue their commitment to amateur baseball in Canada.
OTTAWA-The tenth annual Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser was held on January 14th at Toronto’s Renaissance Downtown Hotel where another great night of Canadian baseball was celebrated.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada has once again assembled an impressive list of auction items that will be on-hand at the National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser.
OTTAWA-Beginning in May 2011 the Baseball Canada Umpires Committee teamed-up with KidSport™ Canada on a unique, one-of-a-kind program. The committee asked each umpire in Canada to donate one game fee from the 2011 season to KidSport™, an organization that ‘removes financial barriers that prevent kids from playing organized sport.’
OTTAWA-Greg Hamilton, Head Coach and Director of National Teams for Baseball Canada has been named the most influential Canadian in baseball by the Toronto Sun’s Bob Elliott in his annual ‘Top 100 Most Influential Canadians in Baseball’ list.
OTTAWA-The 2012 Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser on Saturday January 14th at the Renaissance Toronto Downtown (Rogers Centre) is shaping up to be a star studded event with many high profile major league players and front office personnel already confirmed to attend.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada would like to express their deepest sympathies to the families and friends of Tanner Craswell and Mitch MacLean of Charlottetown and Cornwall, PEI. Tanner and Mitch were fatally shot on Highway 2 near Claresholm, Alberta early Thursday morning. Tanner just turned 22 years old while Mitch was 20.